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Woman's Hour

Dancer Michaela DePrince, Women's Magazines, New Screening Tests for Babies

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Michaela DePrince was orphaned in Sierra Leone, adopted by American parents and is now a professional ballerina. Michaela talks about her life and how her dream to become a dancer came after a faded picture of a ballerina blew into her orphanage gates. After hearing an interview on Woman's Hour about the use of 'partial defence' in murder cases where adultery may have taken place, Hetti, a listener, contacted Woman's Hour about her friend, Joanna, who had been killed in 2010 by her estranged husband after a divorce battle. Hetti joins Jenni Murray to explain why she is calling for a Royal Commission on murder. We update on new screening tests given to babies, and look at women's magazines - with falling readerships who are increasingly turning to online, we get some magazine editors together to ask what is the future of women's magazines and what are they doing to survive? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Corinna Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Michaela DePrince
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Mackie
Interviewed Guest:
Sue Peart
Interviewed Guest:
Lorraine Candy
Interviewed Guest:
Debbi Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Levitt

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